10 Reasons to Automate Project Management with Microsoft Dynamics Applications
Microsoft Dynamics applications, Microsoft Project Professional, and Microsoft Project Server work together to provide an outstanding a solution for your project driven organization. Here are 10 reasons it's a smart choice for project- and service-oriented businesses:
Get top-notch applications designed to work together.
Too often, businesses must choose between purchasing best-of-breed applications and integrating them at great cost, or purchasing a fully integrated solution that lacks functional depth. Microsoft Dynamics SL for project management and accounting delivers both, providing a powerful combination for all project driven organizations.
Reduce isolated islands of information.
Standardize and customize project, financial, and budgeting activities, so you can deliver consistent reporting and analysis across your organization, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Align people, projects, and equipment for optimal results.
Resource management tools provide accurate information about resource availability and rates, so managers can assemble the optimal team for each project. Manage resources yourself using availability and usage graphs, or let the Resource Substitution Wizard in Microsoft Project analyze match requirements with the best personnel for the job.
Save time and reduce errors caused by duplicate data entry.
Customer records, contracts, projects, tasks, resources, budgets, time, expenses, and financial transactions can be entered once, then used throughout the system. Server-level connections eliminate the need to manually import or export of files from Microsoft Project.
Shorten billing cycles.
Improve cash flow and profitability by automating the management of unbilled receivables. Use specific billing methods and apply custom mark up rules to automatically post billings to Accounts Receivable, and then to General Ledger after they're approved.
Analyze project performance for better budgeting.
Get up-to-date project and task profitability data from the financial system—even from within Microsoft Project itself. Track and control your budgets from project initiation to completion, allowing you to spot potential cost overruns before it's too late.
Provide Web-based access to project status and information.
Keep on track with automated e-mail notifications of pre-defined events, such as upcoming milestones, required approvals, declining margins, and more. With Microsoft Dynamics business portal applications, provide your team with "anywhere, anytime" Web-based access to reporting, analysis, time and expense, and issues tracking.
Customize the system to best meet each user's needs.
Power users and programmers can customize the solution to provide integration with other line-of-business applications. Tools like Object Model from Microsoft Solomon, Visual Basic for Applications, and XML-based data from Microsoft Project provide flexibility to set up the system to work the way you do.
Tap into the expertise of a local service provider.
All Microsoft Dynamics applications are delivered by a worldwide network of partner organizations that share a commitment to lasting customer relationships. These resellers, project driven organizations themselves, are among the most highly trained in the industry and can meet your needs as your business grows.
Get service and support that you can count on.
Microsoft Dynamics provides award winning customer support that is among the best in the industry. Service from your local partner, around-the-clock access to our customer Web site, and our annual worldwide customer conference are just three examples of the service and community our customers can tap into to learn how to get the most from their business solutions.
